Behaviour
Management

All children come to
school wanting to be liked, to belong. They all want to gain power, to learn,
to have status, to have fun, to be recognised and to be happy. Each child wants
to be free to be their own person or to make their own choices.

We want every child to
fulfil these basic needs through school activities.

Responsibility is the
'ability to respond' - to react to input, to respond to the world around us.
Children who display disruptive/irresponsible behaviour do not have that
ability. They feel that they are trapped, or that they have no control, or that
they cannot change. To gain power, they adopt roles (such as the class
clown, the rule breaker or the enforcer). To have fun they excel at keeping
people (especially teachers) off balance by their unpredictable behaviour. To
be free they become increasingly independent and hard to control.

Choice Theory is
responsibility training. It empowers children to regain control of their lives.
It gives a process to understand factors that influence behaviour, to
understand and consider that information, and then take control. This supports
children to grow toward being responsible, productive and happy members of
society.